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    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad
    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad
    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad
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    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad

    By Kevin Wilson

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    The twenty-first century offers more technology than we have ever seen before, but with new updates, and apps coming out all the time, it’s hard to keep up.


    Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition is here to help. Along with easy to follow step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photographs, and video resources, this guide offers specifics in...


    Setting up your iPad and upgrading from previous versions


    A look at the updates introduced in iOS 12


    Getting to know your iPad, finding your way around the dock, menus, and icons.


    Navigating with touch gestures using quick peek, 3D touch, tap, drag, and swipe


    Multi-tasking with slide over, split view, and drag & drop


    A look at the new control centre and how to make use of it


    Internal & External Keyboards and a look at Apple Pencil


    Getting to know Siri, voice dictation and recording voice memos


    Communicating with email, FaceTime, iMessage, using digital touch, and peer-to-peer payments


    Browsing the web with Safari web browser


    Taking and enhancing pictures, panoramic and live photos, as well as recording video


    Listening to music with Apple Music and iTunes Store, as well as films and TV


    The Files App, as well as Maps, News, Apple Books, Notes, Apple Pay, Calendar, and Contacts


    Maintaining your iPad with updates, backups, general housekeeping, and much more...


    Unlike other books and manuals that assume a computing background not possessed by beginners, Essential iPad: iOS 12 Edition tackles the fundamentals of the iPad, so that everyone from students, to senior citizens, to home users pressed for time, can understand.


    So, if you’re looking for an iPad manual, a visual book, simplified tutorial, dummies guide, or reference,  Essential Pad: iOS 12 Edition will help you maximize the potential of your iPad to increase your productivity, and help you take advantage of the digital revolution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElluminet Press
    Release dateNov 10, 2018
    ISBN9781911174738
    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition: The Illustrated Guide to Using your iPad
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    Kevin Wilson

    Kevin Wilson is the author of The Family Fang and the collection Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, which received the 2009 Shirley Jackson Award. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife, the poet Leigh Anne Couch, and his son, Griff, where he teaches fiction at the University of the South and helps run the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

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    Essential iPad iOS 12 Edition - Kevin Wilson

    Essential iPad: iOS 12

    Copyright © 2018 Elluminet Press

    This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from the Publisher. Permissions for use may be obtained through Rights Link at the Copyright Clearance Centre. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law.

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    The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights.

    While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.

    Publisher: Elluminet Press

    Director: Kevin Wilson

    Lead Editor: Steven Ashmore

    Technical Reviewer: Mike Taylor, Robert Ashcroft

    Copy Editors: Joanne Taylor, James Marsh

    Proof Reader: Mike Taylor

    Indexer: James Marsh

    Cover Designer: Kevin Wilson

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    About the Author

    Kevin Wilson has made a career out of technology and showing others how to use it. After earning a master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, and multimedia systems, Kevin worked as a tutor and college instructor, helping students master such subjects as multimedia, computer literacy and information technology. He currently serves as Elluminet Press Publishing’s senior writer and director, he periodically teaches computing at college in South Africa and serves as an IT trainer in England.

    Kevin’s motto is clear: If you can’t explain something simply, you haven’t understood it well enough. To that end, he has created the Computer Essentials series, in which he breaks down complex technological subjects into smaller, easy-to-follow steps that students and ordinary computer users can put into practice.

    Table of Contents

    Essential iPad: iOS 12 2

    About the Author 3

    Table of Contents 4

    iOS 12 8

    What’s New? 8

    Setting up Your iPad 12

    Insert your SIM 12

    Power Up & Power Down 14

    Unlock & Wake iPad 16

    Force Shutdown 17

    Upgrading your iPad to iOS 12 18

    Initial Setup 19

    Auto Setup 19

    Manual Setup 22

    Charging your iPad’s Battery 29

    Connecting your iPad to a Mac/PC 30

    Using iTunes 31

    Syncing your iPad with your Mac/PC 32

    Connecting to the Internet 33

    WiFi 33

    Setting up Email Accounts 35

    Add Social Media Accounts 38

    Change your Wallpaper 39

    Touch ID 42

    Face ID 43

    Getting Around Your iPad 44

    Available Models 44

    iPad Pro Series 45

    iPad 9.7" 45

    iPad Mini 45

    Choosing a Model 46

    Sign in & Sign Out of iCloud 46

    Touch Gestures 48

    Tap 48

    Drag 49

    Pinch & Spread 50

    Swipe 51

    Four Finger Swipe 52

    Home Button 53

    Reveal Home Screen 54

    Reveal App Switcher 55

    3D Touch 56

    Quick Peek Home Screen Icons 58

    Multitasking 59

    Open Multiple Apps at a Time 62

    Using Slide Over 62

    Using Split View 63

    Drag & Drop 64

    Control Centre 68

    Customising Control Centre 69

    Notifications & Lock Screen 70

    Picture in Picture 71

    Continuity 73

    The On-screen Keyboard 74

    Apple Smart Keyboard 76

    Bluetooth Keyboards 77

    Spotlight Search 78

    Arranging Icons 81

    Removing Icons 83

    Adding Icons to the Dock 84

    Siri 85

    Using Siri 85

    Siri Translate 86

    Voice Dictation 88

    Settings Search 89

    Family Sharing 90

    Add a Family Member 92

    Invite in Person 93

    Child Accounts 94

    Managing your Family 97

    Screen Time 97

    Downtime 100

    App Limits 101

    Always Allowed 103

    Content & Privacy Restrictions 103

    Allowing and Blocking Content 104

    Internet, Email, Communication 106

    Using Safari 106

    Reader View 110

    Using Email 111

    Contacts 114

    Calendar (iCal) 118

    Adding an Appointment 119

    Add a Recurring Appointment 120

    Adding an Appointment from a Message 121

    FaceTime 122

    Making a Call 123

    Adding Effects 127

    Group FaceTime 129

    Adding a Contact 131

    iMessage 133

    Digital Touch in iMessage 138

    Sending Payments with iMessage 143

    AirDrop 144

    To Send a file to Someone using AirDrop 145

    To Receive a File from Someone using AirDrop 147

    Using Multimedia 148

    Photos 148

    Import Photos 148

    Editing Photos 151

    Crop and Rotate an Image 152

    Taking Pictures with Camera App 156

    Adjusting Photos 159

    Panoramic Photos 162

    Recording Video 163

    Live Photos 164

    Share Pics on Social Media 166

    Music with iTunes 169

    Connecting to your Computer 170

    Transferring Music 172

    iTunes Store 173

    Apple Music 174

    Setting Up 174

    The Main Screen 176

    Searching for Music 177

    Add to Library 179

    Films & TV 180

    TV App 181

    Airplay 182

    Apple Pencil 184

    Charge your Pencil 185

    Pairing your Pencil with your iPad 186

    Using Apple Pencil 187

    Document Scanner 189

    QR Code Scanner 193

    Common Apps 194

    App Store 194

    Search for Apps 197

    Browsing the Store 199

    Taking Notes 202

    Typing Notes & Inserting Photos 203

    Dictating Notes 204

    Add a Reminder 205

    Schedule a Reminder 206

    Maps 207

    Driving Directions 208

    3D Maps 212

    News App 214

    Apple Books App 216

    Files App 220

    Apple Pay 223

    Setup 223

    Using Apple Pay 225

    Voice Memos 226

    Recording Memos 227

    Renaming Memos 228

    Trim a Memo 229

    Measure App 230

    Clock App 232

    World Clock 232

    Alarm 234

    Bed Time 235

    Stop Watch 237

    Timer 237

    Productivity Apps 238

    Creating Documents with Pages 238

    Formatting Text 241

    Adding a Picture 242

    Keynote 243

    Editing a Slide 244

    Adding Media 246

    Animations 247

    Formatting Text Boxes 249

    Formatting Text Inside Textboxes 250

    Printing Documents 251

    Air Print 251

    Older Printers 253

    Maintaining Your iPad 254

    iPad Backups 254

    System Updates 255

    App Updates 258

    Deleting Apps 259

    iPad Storage Maintenance 260

    Accessorise Your iPad 262

    Smart Keyboards 262

    Cases 263

    USB Adapters 263

    AV Adapters 264

    Power Chargers 265

    iOS 12

    iOS is a mobile, multitasking operating system designed specifically for iPads and iPhones. iOS 12 is the latest release for iPhones and iPads.

    An Operating System is a program that manages the device’s hardware resources such as memory, processor and storage. The Operating System also provides a platform for you to run apps such as web browsers, maps, email, photos, games and so on.

    The iOS user interface is a touch screen, meaning you can directly manipulate sliders, switches, buttons and icons on screen using your finger.

    iOS has a main screen called the home screen containing icons that represent apps. You can download countless apps from the App Store - you’ll find an app for almost anything you can think of.

    Security has improved on these devices, you can unlock just with a finger print - no need to keep remembering a PIN.

    Finally there’s Siri, the voice activated personal assistant that uses natural language AI to interpret voice commands you speak out loud. You can ask Siri to send messages, dial a number, as well as search the web, and answer certain questions.

    What’s New?

    With iOS 12, Apple have concentrated on improving performance - meaning apps load faster, and are generally more responsive.

    iBooks has been renamed Apple Books and makes it easier to find and read your ebooks.

    Apple News app has been redesigned, making it easier to keep up with the news that interests you.

    The control center has been moved and you can now find it by swiping downwards from the top right hand edge of the screen.

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